It is 0415 in Texas and like a good little Texas girl Jubilee is asleep, but here in Poland it is 1115 and she ought to be awake. I don’t have the heart to wake her so I am sitting in a darkish corner typing away. Basia came home and brushed her teeth. The dentist agreed to work her in today. PRAISE GOD! She has had some horrible problems with her teeth and it has even gone into the jaw and cheek bone. God, we want to see some of those creative miracles with Basia.
It is overcast today. Yesterday Jubilee was sick most of the day. It was probably just the adjustment to the new time and place and water and no bubbies or Rutie. The most oft ustilized phrase has been, “Mommie, pick me up/hold me/ I want to go wit you.” Sometimes separated and sometimes all in the same sentence.
After Basia came back from work the second time (she has been working excruciating hours) Jubilee was being very shy, but Basia fixed her some strawberries to take with us to the market. Jubilee would not take any strawberries from Basia but when she thought Basia was not looking she snatched one and popped it into her mouth. FRESH BERRIES! Yum in ever language. The trip to the market was delightful and Jubilee warmed up very quickly with a tummy full of strawberries that she ate in the car on the way there.
On the way back I drove and I learned that the signage in Poland is VERY VERY different than the signage in the States. In the states a blinking yellow light means something COMPLETELY different than here. We blink them yellow and we blink them red. Yellow is caution and red is you stop and let the other guy go. Well, here they all blink yellow and there are signs on the side of the road that tell you who has the right of way. I need to study the signs. It is a good system, but I think some red blinking lights would be good, too.
When I get behind typing everything becomes all jumbled. Last night David and the kids called and it was good to touch base with everyone, but the call also came with news of Joshua’s suicide. While we talked we were standing in the kitchen looking out the window. Jubilee took great delight in describing everything she was seeing to her sister and brothers. Birdies on the roof. Doggies romping (she did not say romping). Children playing. People walking. And then there is New York City. When Ruthie and I went to NYC in February we brought Jubilee home a little pink shirt with some skyline images on it. One of the Empire State Building (I think, the one with the pointy top?) As Jubilee was looking out Basia’s window on the 8^th floor of the apartment building she saw a silhouette of a building with pointy top and said, “Look, there is New York.” It is amazing how these little minds put things together. She is making LOTS of silly sounds, baby talking except she does not baby talk. I wonder if it is her response to hearing all the new languages here.
Jubi is all warm and cuddly in bed. I am going to go lie down for a few minutes, power nap? Yeah right. Xoxoxoo Gwen
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